Emancipatory Human Rights and the University: Promoting Social Justice in Higher Education

This edited compilation examines the application of human rights to higher education through a critical lens, combining theoretical and applied perspectives. It explores how a human rights framework grounded in liberation and justice can offer insights into working and teaching practices in higher education. The book recognizes human rights as law, values, and an emancipatory vision, showcasing global north and global south perspectives and encouraging dialogue between human rights and other approaches to higher education transformation. It features individual chapters with case studies from both global south and north perspectives, critically examining higher education practices linked to human rights, such as curricular practices, student activism, and community partnerships. The book emphasizes the critical space of the university and its role in transforming society, making it of interest to scholars, researchers, and post-graduate students in education, human rights, higher education, and social justice.

Format: Hardback
Length: 228 pages
Publication date: 25 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume delves into the application of human rights to higher education, offering a critical lens through which to explore this transformative endeavor. Combining theoretical and applied perspectives, it seeks to understand what a human rights framework grounded in liberation and justice can bring to the ways in which we work and teach in higher education.

The book recognizes human rights as multifaceted entities, encompassing both legal principles and emancipatory visions. It showcases global north and global south perspectives, fostering a dialogue between the human rights approach and other approaches to higher education transformation, such as decolonialization, anti-racism, diversity and inclusion, and intersectionality.

Individual chapters, written by scholars from both regions, critically examine various practices in higher education that are linked to human rights, ranging from curricular practices to student activism and community partnerships. Through these case studies, the book offers a multi-dimensional understanding of the critical space of the university and its role in shaping society.

By emphasizing the value of applying human rights as a framework in understanding and designing higher education transformation, this book will be of immense interest to scholars, researchers, and post-graduate students in the fields of sociology of education, human rights education, higher education, and social justice education. It provides valuable insights and perspectives that will contribute to the ongoing discussions and efforts towards creating more equitable and inclusive higher education systems.

Weight: 610g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032138619